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| An Apple in the Bag | |
| A teacher teaching Maths to seven-year-old Arnav asked him, “If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”Within a few seconds Arnav replied confidently, “Four!” The dismayed teacher was expecting an effortless correct answer (three). She was disappointed. “Maybe the child did not listen properly,” she tho...
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| 08:38 | 6/May/2008 |
| A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failu... | |
| (Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam at Wharton India Economic forum, Philadelphia , March 22,2008) Question : Could you give an example, from your own experience, of how leaders should manage failure? Kalam : Let me tell you about my experience. In 1973 I became the project director of India 's satellite launch vehicle program, commonly called the SLV-3. Our goal was to put India 's "Rohini" satellite into orbit by 1980. I was given funds and human resources -- but was told clearly that by 1980 we had to launch the satellite into space. Thousands of people wo rk ed together in scientific and technical teams towards that goal. By 1979 -- I think the month was August -- we thought we were ready. As the project director, I went to the control center for the launch. At four minutes before the satellite launch, the computer began to go through the checklist of items that needed to be checked. One minute later, the computer program put the launch on hold; the display showed that some control components were not in order. My experts -- I had four or five of them with me -- told me not to worry; they had done their calculations and there was enough reserve fuel. So I bypassed the computer, switched to manual mode, and launched the rocket. In the first stage, everything wo rk ed fine. In the second stage, a problem developed. Instead of the satellite going into orbit, the whole rocket system plunged into the Bay of Bengal . It was a big failure. That day, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, Prof. Satish Dhawan , had called a press conference. The launch was at 7:00 am, and the press conference -- where journalists from around the world were present -- was at 7:45 am at ISRO's satellite launch range in Sriharikota [in Andhra Pradesh in southern India ]. Prof. Dhawan , the leader of the organization, conducted the press conference himself. He took responsibility for the failure -- he said that the team had wo rk ed very hard, but that it needed more technological support. He assured the media that in another year, the team would definitely succeed. Now, I was the project director, and it was my failure, but instead, he took responsibility for the failure as chairman of the organization. The next year, in July 1980, we tried again to launch the satellite – and this time we succeeded. The whole nation was jubilant. Again, there was a press conference. Prof. Dhawan called me aside and told me, "You conduct the press conference today." I learned a very important lesson that day. When failure occurred, the leader of the organization owned that failure. When success came, he gave it to his team. The best management lesson I have learned did not come to me from reading a book; it came from that experience.
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| 08:11 | 25/Apr/2008 |
| Good Manners | |
| During one of her daily classes a teacher trying to teach good manners, asked her students the following question: "Michael, if you were on a date having dinner with a nice young lady, how would you tell her that you have to go to the bathroom?" Michael said, "Just a minute I have to go pee." The teacher responded by saying, "That would be rude and...
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| 08:43 | 11/Mar/2008 |
| Joke - Old one only | |
| A father put his three year old daughter to bed, told her a story and listened to her prayers which she ended by saying"God bless Mommy, God bless daddy, God bless grandma and good-bye grandpa."The father asked, "Why did you say good-bye grandpa?"The little girl said, "I don't know daddy, it just seemed like the thing to do."The next day grandpa di...
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| 08:36 | 21/Feb/2008 |
| Thought for the Day | |
| Every morning in Africa, a gazelle awakens. He has only one thought on his mind: To be able to run faster than the fastest lion. If he cannot, then he will be eaten. Every morning in Africa a lion awakens. He has only one thought on his mind: To be able to run faster than the slowest gazelle. If he cannot, he will die of hunger. Whether you choose ...
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| 09:54 | 16/Feb/2008 |
| Thought Provoking | |
| One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big notice on the door which read: "Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the gym". In the beginning, they all were sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curio...
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| 09:01 | 12/Feb/2008 |
| The Recruit | |
| A man joins the navy and is shipped out immediately to an aircraft carrier in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The captain is showing the new recruit around the ship, when the recruit asks the captain what the sailors do to satisfy their urges when they're at sea for so long. "Let me show you," says the captain. He takes the recruit down to the rea...
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| 09:09 | 23/Jan/2008 |
| Joke | |
| A husband takes his wife to play her first game of golf. Of course, the wife promptly hacked her first shot right through the window of the biggest house adjacent to the course. The husband cringed, "I warned you to be careful! Now we'll have to go up there, find the owner, apologize and see how much your lousy drive is going to cost us." So the c...
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| 09:05 | 23/Jan/2008 |
| Joke | |
| A husband takes his wife to play her first game of golf. Of course, the wife promptly hacked her first shot right through the window of the biggest house adjacent to the course. The husband cringed, "I warned you to be careful! Now we'll have to go up there, find the owner, apologize and see how much your lousy drive is going to cost us." So the co...
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| 16:18 | 22/Jan/2008 |
| Somethings you just cant explain | |
| A farmer was sitting in a bar getting drunk. A man came in and asked the farmer, "Hey, why are you sitting here, on this beautiful day, getting drunk?" The farmer shook his head and replied, "Some things you just can't explain.""So what happened that's so horrible?", the man asked as he sat down next to the farmer. "Well," the farmer said, "Today, ...
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| RAMESH | 19:07 | 24/Jul/2008 |
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| SMART....! |
| HOW TO PRESENT........... Take a look at yourself in the mirror, right this minute. What do you see? The image reflecting back at you is all that strangers have to go on when they first meet you. So put yourself in their place.. What messages are you really sending out?When you walk through a door, you create what social psychologists call the "thr...
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| Uday Sodhi | 13:29 | 23/Jun/2008 |
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| Lonely on an island.... |
| Once upon a time, a man decided to vacation on a cruise shipin the Caribbean. It was wonderful--the experience of his life! He was waited upon hand and foot. But, alas, it didnot last. A hurricane came up suddenly and the ship wentdown. The man found himself, he knew not how, swept up on the shore of an island. There was nothing else anywhere...
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| Rakshita Verma | 16:04 | 26/Jun/2008 |
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| Dreamy Eyes |
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| Déjà vu was not new for Karan. He often dreamt of times that lay ahead. Or should I say his dreams came true. He didn’t know if they were messages from God for people around him or was it a blessing for him. But he often used the phrase; don’t dream too much, what if they come true. Nobody except people very close to him understood this. As a k...
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| Kiran Raivad... | 10:58 | 26/Dec/2007 |
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| STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART...FOR THE HEART. (Posting it as it may be useful/kr) A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees . The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone. Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart? Ans:1. Diet - Less ...
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| sanjeev snehi | 01:07 | 31/Oct/2007 |
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| ‘Eating the Earth’! |
| Eating meat, dairy and eggs threatens our planet.You use much less land and water if you eat crops directly. Animals use most of the protein they eat to live, not 'grow' meat. So eating meat adds to water shortages, forest clearing, soil damage, use of oil-based pesticides - and climate change. "By 2050 the world's livestock will be consuming as m...
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| Hellz Angel | 09:37 | 7/May/2008 |
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| Dire Straits - Part III (Final Part) |
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| The place from where I was standing I could see the complete set-up. Every thing was so bollywood type. The mandap was decorated with marigolds, roses and tulips. The rice-lights were dancing too-n-fro in the most synchronic way. Every one was dressed as richly and as sparkly as they could. There was the rushing and hushing of the ghar-ke-buzurg, w...
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| J G | 19:06 | 21/Feb/2008 |
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| Have you Ever?Have you ever climbed up in a tree and sat there for no apparent reason? I still remember the joy it brought me.I didn’t know at the time why I had the urge to climb the tree, a mature May Flower tree whose heavy lower limbs were a good eight feet off the ground in the near by hill. It had been 19 years or so since I was in a tree for...
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| Simran Kumar | 23:33 | 19/Mar/2008 |
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| Thank uuuuuuuuu |
| Dear ILanders, Thank you so much my dear pals....Cuming on the Home Page after a long timeeee...its feels great and more when I get your congrats....man...it feels greattttttttttttttttt Love you all.............
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| Sumit Arya | 14:36 | 2/Jan/2008 |
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| New Year.... |
| New Year is a time to unfold new horizons and dreams, make resolutions, rejoice and face new challenges... Wishing you a truly fulfilling 2008 !!
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| aravind das | 11:02 | 24/Jul/2008 |
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| THE MAN WHO PAID THE BRIBE |
| Darling did u know who gave this money to these MPs on the eve of trust vote ?asked my wife.Who knows ?Nowdays it is difficult to belief anybody, because for reasons known better to them , these people could tell anything for their party.But they are telling Amar singh & Ahmad patel's name .....I know; but amar & ahmed are denying it vehmely & tell...
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| Saakshee I | 08:34 | 31/Jan/2008 |
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| A brief time as a Coquette |
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| Nothing new to pen so dredging up an old one for ya’ll from my teendom. How I almost became a coquette and got sucked into the lives of BB and her hubby.. My mom’s pal BB (BIG take your pick for the second B) had a problem she has a hubby who loves her deeply. But BB just tolerated him. His show of love irritated her no end- but luckily for her he ...
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| Vijit Vivek | 13:10 | 16/Jun/2008 |
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| Pain of a Married Man ...!! |
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| A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in bed. She goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.'What's the matter, dear...
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| Binu Abraham | 16:15 | 29/Jun/2008 |
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| 5 Minutes for Poor |
| Welcome to 5 Minutes for PoorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes for the poorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes a day for the poor. If so, you can help hundreds of poor/orphan children with food, clothing & education. Most of us have good education and enjoy good food every day. But there are millions of children who are deprived of both good food a...
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| sukh sandhu | 21:04 | 12/May/2007 |
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| Praying For Others |
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| Praying For Others A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agree that they had no other recourse but to pray to God.However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory betwee...
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| Neeraj Arora | 14:14 | 22/Mar/2007 |
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| tennis elbow |
| One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Jim says to Mike behind him, "My elbow hurts like hell. I guess I'd better see a doctor.""Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money," Mike replies. "There's a diagnostic computer down at Wal-Mart. Just give it a urine sample and the computer will tell you what's wrong and what to do about it.It ta...
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| neeyata sharma | 00:19 | 9/Sep/2007 |
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| I am a miserable old fool thats how i define myself....grumble grumble..about the power cuts,how i have to stand for hours in a stupid traffic jam, how i always trust the wrong people, how plumbers , electricians etc etc fool me into thinking that something needs reparing when it does not , how my car breaks down when i am getting late for work, wh...
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| Binu G | 22:20 | 17/Oct/2007 |
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| Study: Chinese Herbs May Be Best at Reli... |
| Australia-based a study involving nearly 3,500 women in several countries suggests Chinese herbs may be more effective in relieving menstrual cramps than drugs, acupuncture or heat compression."All available measures of effectiveness confirmed the overall superiority of Chinese herbal medicine to placebo, no treatment, NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-in...
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| maya rao | 13:47 | 12/Apr/2007 |
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| Edurance |
| The scorching heat is going up on the commercial capitalRains are expected by June 8thThe Railway stations are crammed up with peopleThe Buses and Vechiles are stranded on the raodwith the traffic congestion on the face of the earththe new hope would be to march on to the ferry or air or something above the groundEverywhere there is a flood of peop...
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| ramnath rajaram | 18:23 | 26/Jul/2008 |
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| Inspiring |
| Inspiring My mother used to ask me: "What is the most important part of the body?"Throughthe years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correctanswer. When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us ashumans, so I said, "My ears, Mommy."Mother said, "No Many people are deaf. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask yo...
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| Gloria Aurora | 15:04 | 27/May/2008 |
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| Height of........... |
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| HEIGHT OF MY FRIENDSHIP I always mail, u don't . HEIGHT OF ISOLATION: Two persons sitting side-by-side using emails to communicate with each other. HEIGHT OF COWARDICE: Two persons fighting through emails.HEIGHT OF HELPLESSNESS: Receiving no emails for a week. HEIGHT OF FRUSTRATION: The email server being down.HEIGHT OF CARELESSNESS: Writing a lov...
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| ajay rana | 21:37 | 29/Jan/2008 |
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| Consciousness in the Single Neuron |
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| Are the contents ofconscious perception tied to individual brain cells? Can we use singleneurons to determine someone’s subjective experience? A recent studiespublished in PNASsuggests otherwise: there are no specialized neuronsthat carry information about what enters awareness and what not. If oneholds the picture of a butterfly in front of one ey...
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| paarijatham ... | 16:11 | 20/Nov/2006 |
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| My vision of modern India |
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| India is a land of rich culture and tradition. It is the land where various religion, caste and creed mingles and becomes one with the feeling of brotherhood .As children of this country, we have to uphold the prestige, culture and tradition of India. My vision of modern India, is a newly evolved country where people shed their old beliefs and walk...
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| Thohe Pou | 10:59 | 19/Jul/2008 |
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| My Lost and Pains can be Your gains and ... |
| Sometime my lost and pains can be other’s gain and happinessI have lost you but my lost and sadness can be your gain and happinessMy sleepless nights and pains can be your sound sleep and peaceful nights;Forgetting and erasing my love from your head forever and everBut losing and gaining is a part of life for me; I need to accept itI’ve disturbed...
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| pooja ram | 20:59 | 25/Feb/2007 |
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| Bye Bye Friends... |
| This is Pooja Ram signing off ....In this short term of iland life i was acquainted with so many good friends...well wishers...beautiful thoughts....excellent rapport.....I feel now is the right time to leave this iland as pooja ram.....I might come back also...I don't know....Wishing all my iland friends a great life and success in all their endea...
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| L KINI | 09:59 | 28/Mar/2008 |
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| 18 things for successful LIFE |
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| On the left side is the ILLUSIONARY IMAGE 18 things to make LIFE successful 1. Pursue Achievable 2. Keep Genuine Smiles 3. Share with Others 4. Help Thy Neighbors 5.Maintain a Youthful Spirit 6. Get Along with the Rich, the Poor,the Beautiful, &the Ugly 7. Keep Cool Under Pressure 8. Lighten the Atmosphere with Humor 9. Forgive the...
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| Ganesan VG | 21:49 | 25/Jan/2008 |
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| R - DAY WISHES - 2008 |
| R - DAY WISHES - 2008DEAR ILAND FRNDS;LET US ALL SALUTE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR FREEDOM AND THE NATION ON THIS AUSPICIOUS DAYSMALL REQUEST - IF TIME PERMITS, TRY TO ATTEND A SMALL GATHERING OF FLAG HOISTING CEREMONY (AS I USED TO IN THE PARK IN OUR COLONY IN CHENNAI/WATCH IN TV/ATTEND IN OFFICES)THANKS & REGARDSYOUR LOVING ILAND FRND...
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| Kumar Rahul | 20:24 | 23/Jul/2008 |
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| Rama |
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| Smaller Gods One Rama in my Life... The day before, someone asked me, “Who cooks up food for you?”. I told him that each meal of the day was prepared by someone different :) V T will say how lucky I am :) :) Yes, I am lucky, not for those who prepare food for me, but for that I get my food when I want :) Here, I will tell you about my break-fast wa...
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| Desh Bandhu | 18:52 | 13/Jun/2008 |
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| OFF MY HEAD GOES TO PANJABNOW |
| I am very thankful to all my rediff iland friends for their constant love. My weekly column- OFF MY HEAD- which appeared for a long time on rediff iland, can be read in Sunday Plus of Panjab Now which is the first online English-langiage daily of Panjab. All my frriends can log onto www.panjabnow.com which I am editing as well.with Best Regard...
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| nishant shah | 23:57 | 24/Jul/2008 |
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| MarijuanaWhile his corpse doped for a ephemeral bliss,The pall enshrouded on his face.Now counting the beads on his bed,He journeyed the land myriads away.Twirling his fingers in gamut of smoke,he discoursed with the silhoutte of hope.He passed his verdict as if king of this realm,But still he is pauper in his own destiny.A sudden shimmer of light ...
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| prabu metha | 13:27 | 29/Jun/2008 |
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| namaste |
| Hello..my deay friends..how r u all?it's wonderful feeling to come back to iland becaz of ur beautiful thoughts,appericiations and valuable comments.i am sure henceforth i will be regular to visit u. loving... me.
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| Rajesh Kumar | 11:35 | 13/Jun/2008 |
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| The Power Of Your Mind |
| The Power Of Your Mind Your Mind is an Incredible Power! You have abilities and powers that you"re not even aware of. You were born with these powers but you have never learned how to master them. Instead you go through life trying different things and hoping for the best - but never really gettin...
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| rosy mirlin | 11:42 | 30/Mar/2007 |
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| TAKE TIME |
| TAKE TIME TAKE TIME TO READ.IT IS THE WAY TO KNOWLEDGE. TAKE TIME TO WORK.IT IS THE PRICE OF SUCCESS. TAKE TIME TO BE FRIENDLY.IT IS THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS. TAKE TIME TO LAUGH.IT ...
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| shailesh S | 17:12 | 8/Jun/2007 |
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| Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?Why, any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner? If love is blind, how can we believe in love at first sight? Why 'abbreviated' is such a long word?How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Why, when you change...
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| balaji jayas... | 10:53 | 21/Dec/2007 |
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| marketsonmobile |
| Moneycontrol.com has introduced Market on mobile.one can get information about stocks,stock news.it also has ticker and watchlist,which can be customized according to our needs.Theapp can be downloaded from mobile.moneycontrol.com.A list of compatiable phones is available in moneycontrol.com. I think this app will work with most of the javaenabled...
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| RamPratap | 12:47 | 19/Oct/2007 |
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| This Procedure allows you to create a report from the values of a table (DocumentMaster) as columns in the reportThe EmployeeMaster has all the employee details.The DocumentMaster has all the Document required for a person to submit while joining.The DocumentDetails has all the details of the documents status for an emoloyee Status Field 1- Not sub...
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| shoba deenan | 16:05 | 3/May/2007 |
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| Interests: listening music
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| Why Women Cry |
| A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him. "I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will." Later the little boy asked his father, "Wh | | |
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